Hoof Beats

How Horses Shaped Human History
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-520-38067-7
Verlag: University of California

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 549 g

"Hoof Beats helps readers see the drama even in the grass eating. Taylor has written that too-rare work that is as authoritative as it is legible to the lay audience."—New York Times

Journey to the ancient past with cutting-edge science and new data to discover how horses forever altered the course of human history.

From the Rockies to the Himalayas, the bond between horses and humans has spanned across time and civilizations. In this archaeological journey, William T. Taylor explores how momentous events in the story of humans and horses helped create the world we live in today. Tracing the horse's origins and spread from the western Eurasian steppes to the invention of horse-drawn transportation and the explosive shift to mounted riding, Taylor offers a revolutionary new account of how horses altered the course of human history.

Drawing on Indigenous perspectives, ancient DNA, and new research from Mongolia to the Great Plains and beyond, Taylor guides readers through the major discoveries that have placed the horse at the origins of globalization, trade, biological exchange, and social inequality. Hoof Beats transforms our understanding of both horses and humanity's ancient past and asks us to consider what our relationship with horses means for the future of humanity and the world around us.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, William T.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia)
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Prelude

Beat One · Horses and People
1. Evolution
2. Connection

3. Tracing Domestication

Beat Two · The Cart
4. Wheels

5. Chariots

Beat Three · The Rider
6. Oracle Bones

7. Horseback

8. Horse People

9. The Silk and Tea Roads

10. Steppe Empires

11. Desert and Savanna Empires

Beat Four · The World
12. Out to Sea

13. The Return

14. Pampas

15. Into the Pacifi c and Down Under

16. Iron Horses

17. Hoofprints

List of Illustrations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

William T. Taylor is Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History in Boulder.